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Albite from
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:838168
Long-form Identifier:1:3:838168:2
GUID (UUID V4):95b9ece3-c26e-48dc-8628-58eb6c2bbd88
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
72.3km (44.9 miles) Twangiza Mine, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo STUART J. MILLS1,2,*, WILLIAM...(IMA2009–057), from the Kobokobo pegmatite, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kobokoboite forms...properties, Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1. Introduction The Kobokobo pegmatite in South...South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaı̈re), was at one time the largest...Province of Central Africa (Pohl, 1994). The pegmatite occupies the anticlinal axis of a recumbent fold
Report (issue)
c = 9.068(6) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo. 7.95 (100), 3.972 (80), 3.271 (40), 3...2.39 9.86 [8.39] Total [100.00] (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of three...19 )Σ=0.98 O4 ]2 (OH)9 • 9.5H2 O. Occurrence: pegmatite. A rare secondary mineral in the oxidized uraniferous...metatorbernite, muscovite, albite, quartz. Distribution: (Zaire). Name: From the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River...district, Kivu Province, Congo For Kamituga, Congo, the mining center on which exploitation of Kobokobo depended
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurring at the Kobokobo pegmatite in the Sud-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo; its structure...2013). The Kobokobo pegmatite in the Sud-Kivu Province (western Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa) (Safiannikoff...within the U-bearing quartz– albite–muscovite pegmatite. This pegmatite is a typelocality for twelve...have been conducted, structures of many of the Kobokobo type minerals remain unknown. Results of a study...kamitugaite crystals growing in a fissure. Kobokobo pegmatite, specimen no. RMG13986, Royal Museum for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Al4[(UO2)4(PO4)6](OH)2(H2O)19.5, from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, was solved for the first...2:3. Key-words: furongite; crystal structure; Kobokobo; aluminium; uranyl phosphate; topology. co rre...end of the 1950's, the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, was one of the largest...largest beryllium deposits in the world. This pegmatite has produced a huge amount of beryl, columbite, cassiterite...description of the different zones of the Kobokobo pegmatite has been provided by Safiannikoff & van Wambeke
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
](OH)3(H2O)9, from the Kobokobo pegmatite (Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo), was refined from single...crystal structure, aluminium, uranyl phosphate, Kobokobo, formula revision Received: 20 December, 2016;...uraniferous quartz–albite–muscovite pegmatite of Kobokobo, situated in the region of Kivu in the western...western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This pegmatite is the type-locality for twelve actinides- and aluminium-bearing...2O) 10, was originally described from the Kobokobo pegmatite by Deliens and Piret (1979), and is associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Mineralogy...mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Kobokobo...beryl-columbite/berylphosphate subtype. An upper branch of the pegmatite contained Th-rich uraninite, fluorapatite, and...in the Kobokobo assemblage, as a result of supergene weathering of the upper branch of the albite-beryl-microcline...albite-beryl-microcline pegmatite. Kobokoboite occurs as crusts and coatings of pearly white, glistening, platy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
be summarised as follows: (a) The rare-metal pegmatite types succeed each other in a more or less defined...(b) The spatial distribution of the rare-metal pegmatite types in or around the granitic intrusions depends...different pegmatite types to the granitic contacts as well as by the dimensions of the pegmatite types and...comparison of Central and West African raremetal pegmatite type classification with similar classifications...GEVEI~S(1936) and GEVEI~Set al. (1937) first subdivided the South African pegmatites in respect to the granitic contacts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to 50 X 50 cm in schlieren of alkali granite pegmatite of the Khan-Bogdinskii massif, Mongolia; which...of acid volcanic rocks. The pegmatite consists of quartz, microcline, albite, aegirine, and arfvedsonite...The mineral occurs in nodules in the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo Republic (Kinshasa), associated with...hematite, in dolomite-calcite gangue. The name is for Dr. Thomas Kruta, Director of the MinH,O (170-280")...large amounts at the Victory mine pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota, in masses up to 20 kg, in crude
Book
ancient workings of turquois were located on the south slopes of the Ali-Mirsa-Kuh mountains near Nishapur...phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...brecciated metamorphosed rock phosphate at Moculta, South Australia Optical constants: Not certain; low birefringence...03(30), 1.928(30) Ref: Newberry NG, Essene EJ, Peacor DR (1981) Am Miner 66: 1050-1053 AUuaudite Series (includes...Mode of Occurrence: Occurs in large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer
Book (edition)
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...oligoclase, labradorite, bytownite (series end-members albite and anorthite). These transitional members largely...by Strunz (1996). Thanks to the kind permission of Dr. E. Nagele from the E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung...arisen with localities in Congo-Zaire: the country, named Democratic Republic of Congo since 1960, was changed...The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and Maniema
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(.= 2.646, VIIIA 10...orange-brown. Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47...60(1975), 161 (Abst.). Ivanitskii et ah, 1973. Albite, NaAlSigOg, 0 Trie. Vitreous/pearly white, bluish...Pearly colorless. Moculta quarry, Angaston (near), South Australia, Australia. H= 2, Djn=?, 0^= 2.15, VHD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Weisbrod, A. (1992): The Beauvoir topazlepidolite albite granite (Massif Central, France); the disseminated... a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Eur. J. Mineral., 22, 305–308
Book
Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...Consolidated Mines. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Aheylite (Fe2*,Zn) Alg(PO,)4(OH)3®4H,0...discovery locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay...Puziewicz, J. (1995): Am. Mineral. 80, |328. A sae Albite Algodonite NaAlSi3Og, tric., Cl. Forms series...Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk. allaktein, to change
Book
(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...as are blue- and red-fluorescing microcline and albite. Sometimes combination specimens are found in which...marvelous green-fluorescing variety of fluorite, is a pegmatite at Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. In the vicinity...which fluoresces white or red. Middle States, South Excellent small crystals of the rare mineral leadhillite...green-fluorescing willemite from the Tres Hermanas Mountains south of Deming. Willemite fluorescing green and calcite
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(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...as are blue- and red-fluorescing microcline and albite. Sometimes combination specimens are found in which...green-fluorescing vari- ety of fluorite, is a pegmatite at Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. In the vicinity...which fluoresces white or red. Middle States, South Excellent small crystals of the rare mineral leadhillite...green-fluorescing willemite from the Tres Hermanas Mountains south of Deming. Willemite fluorescing green and calcite
Book
magmatic or hydrothermal origins of elbaite in the pegmatite cavities; the mctamorphic or hydrothermal origins...information. This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jaroslav "venek, who was of extraordinary influence...Mountains, Russia; from the Onvcrwacht mine, Bushveld, South Africa and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fine smaller...Canada. Fine specimens occurred in a Li-bearing pegmatite near Varutrask, Sweden. Stibarsen, 58 mm. Allin...minerals; also in pegmatites. As veinlcts in a pegmatite in Varutrask, Sweden. Cleavablc plates, up to
Book (edition)
Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,
Book (edition)
Pennsylvania, and from the Kobokobo quarry, near Kamituga, Dern. Rep. of Congo. EJM 23, 269-277, 2011. ...5.1(6) - 2.65(6) - 2.44(5). At Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. IMA 2010-029. Aleksandrovite KLi3CaSn...late-stage hydrothermal mineral in a syenite pegmatite at Tvedalen, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway...Intergrown in thaleniteM crystals from the NYF-pegmatite at Askagen quarry, Viirmland, Sweden, in tiny...and on mine dumps of the Lloyd mine, Burraga, New South Wales, Australia. AM 91, 261-269, 2006. Alum-K renamed
Book (edition)
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,...California, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey
Book (volume)
yegorovite Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2·7H2O from the Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula hydrated proton)...Locality: Ampanodiana North pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune... Locality: Ministerskaya Yama Pit, Sarapulka pegmatite field (near Sarapulka village), Murzinka district...Be2(BO3)(OH,F) Locality: Fantaziya (Fantasy) pegmatite, Kukurt river, Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan. Description:... Hambergite Be2(BO3)(OH) Locality: Malkhan pegmatite field, Chita region, Transbaikal area, Eastern
Book (edition)
Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15...15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes a description of the...Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia...Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria
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composition of the potassic rocks from Roccamonfina (South Italy). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 47,1980,91-101...1981,85-92. 65. Cortini M. Aeolian island arc (South Tyrrhenian sea) magma heterogeneities in historical...intrusive Basic extrusive Ultrabasic Alkaline Silicic pegmatite Uranium, ppm 1-6 2-7 0,3-2 0,2-4 0,001-0.03 0...Quartz-pebble conglomerate deposits are a major exception. *©Dr. C. E. Nichols 1984. Sedimentary host rocks Sandstones...Carbonate Skarn Tuff Igneous Granite Migmatite Pegmatite The sandstones of deltas are also typical\y oxidized
Report (volume)
mainly at Hanford, Washington, and Savannah River, South Carolina. The total activity of this waste exceeds...plutonium in nature. J Am Chem Soc 73:3278-3283. Lovley DR, Phillips EJP, Gorby YA, Landau ER 1991 Microbial...Microbial reduction of uranium. Nature 350:413416 Lovley DR, Phillips EJP 1992 Reduction of uranium by Desulfovibrio...1987 Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo IX. L'althupite AlTh(U0 2)[(U01) 3 0(0H)(PO.hh(OHh·...Minerals Robert Finch Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 60439 Takashi Murakami
Book (edition)
Mineralogy, Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...(ferroactinolite), Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming (nephrite), South Dakota , Minnesota, Pennsylvania (byssolite), Vermont...Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; at Tsumeb , South West Africa; and at Laurium , Greece. Other occurrences
 
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